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Originally Posted by slow&rusty
745i is a non intercooled turbo 735 made for the South African market or possibly developed by BMW in South Africa, the few that are over here are straggler grey market cars.
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Actually, the 745i was developed for the European markets powered by the M102 (and later M106) turbo six. Due to the inability for the M102/06 to work with the right hand drive configuration necessary for the SA market, the M88 from the euro M5/M6. These SA cars are as close to an 'M7' as BMW got.
Scottie's turbo BMW page is a good resource, although traffic on the site is (understandably) slow.